A red sandstone offering table with incised decorated on the top face. The table is roughly in the shape of the ḥtp-hieroglyph. Two tall vessels are depicted on either side, with water emanating from them towards two rectangular shapes. They flank a large lotus blossom with two bunches of grapes above. Eight circles, perhaps representing bread, are depicted along the upper edge of the table. Meroitic inscriptions are located along the bottom and right side. This offering table has been classified as Type 1A (Leclant et al 2000, 789). The offering table was excavated within tomb 307 at Meroe in 1910 by the Liverpool Institute of Archaeology, directed by John Garstang. When excavated, the doors to the tomb were closed with sandstone blocks and re-used Meroitic offering tables, including EC2 (Török 1997, I, 268).
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